188 NYSE stocks hit 52-wk highs; 6 52-week lows

MarkCotton

NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- As many as 188 stocks hit 52-week highs Tuesday afternoon on the New York Stock Exchange, while 6 fell to 52-week lows. On the upside, Sprint Corp
FON, +0.00%
UnitedHealth Group Inc
UNH, +0.99%
and The Dow Chemical Company
DOW, +1.08%
all hit 52-week highs. Moving lower, shares of Sappi Ltd
SPP, +4.35%
fell to a 52-week low of $12.20 after the paper and forest products maker said its coming quarterly results will show a loss due to higher maintenance, energy and raw-material costs. The Johannesburg company said a new South African accounting standard will also "make it difficult to achieve positive earnings in the first financial quarter."

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